[color=#800080][quote=”(citat)”] Europe Report, Nr. 103: War Criminals in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska
(a) Rajko Kusic
Allegedly the most prominent figure in the ethnic cleansing of Rogatica is
Rajko Kusic. He allegedly gained his experience in ethnic cleansing while
fighting with a Serb paramilitary unit in Vukovar, Croatia, in 1991. He is
named in a special UN report as the local military commander of the
Borika Battalion, First Brigade, Drina Corps. The report also details
testimony of atrocities allegedly committed under Kusic’s command”
Serbian paramilitary forces under the command of Rajko
Kusic killed 49 prisoners during a fake prisoner exchange.
Serb forces under the command of an identified member of
the group forced prisoners from Visegrad onto a bus, under
the pretence of a prisoner exchange in Han Pijesak.
However, once the prisoners were on the bus, several Serb
soldiers tied them up, and then beat and taunted them.
Eventually, the bus arrived at a curve along a muddy road.
The Serb forces ordered the prisoners off the bus, walked
them up the road, then killed 49 of the prisoners and piled
them in a pit.177
A Hague witness, who had served on the Rogatica police department up
until the spring of 1992, testified to Kusic’s role in the arming of local
Serbs, as a military commander and as one of the decision-making
members on the Rogatica Crisis Staff.178
Kusic has been named as the main Serb military commander in the
Rogatica region. Among other atrocities his forces are alleged to have slit
the throats of 50 Bosniaks during an attack on the village of Gracanica on
22 May 1992.179
According to local sources, Kusic’s forces allegedly murdered fifteen
civilians in the areas of Pasic Kula and Bjelogorci, on 3 June 1992,
deporting the rest of the residents to camps in Rogatica. On 19 June
Kusic’s forces, along with those commanded by Mladen Vasiljevic,
allegedly murdered at least 97 Bosniak civilians in the areas of Pticijak and
Gracanica, deporting the remainder to camps in Rogatica. On 10 and 11
July Kusic’s forces allegedly set fire to houses in the Kukavica, Kujundzica,
and Mesica areas of Rogatica, killing 31 Bosniak civilians and herding
others to camps in Rogatica. Kusic’s unit allegedly conducted similar
operations on 2 August, in the villages of Kramer Selo, Kozadre and
Borovsko, murdering 37 Bosniak civilians. On 15 August Kusic’s unit
176 “Review of the Implementation of Property Laws in Republika Srpska,” UNHCR, OHR and OSCE
Statistics Implementation of the Property Laws:(31/07/00). For updated statistics on property law
implementation, see the UNHCR Internet site http://www.unhcr.ba.
177 UN report, Special Forces, op. cit.
178 International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Case No. IT-94-1-T, Testimony of
Witness, 20 May 1996.
179 Document reviewed by ICG. The document is in the possession of the ICTY.
War Criminals in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska: Who Are the People in Your Neighbourhood?
ICG Balkans Report No. 103, 2 November 2000 Page 43
allegedly attacked the village of Rakitnica, where eighteen civilians were
murdered.180 A reliable source in the international community alleges
there to be evidence suggesting that Kusic, as commander of the
battalion, was also involved in a massacre of over 100 Bosniak civilians in
Rogatica, after which the bodies were then ground up in a local sawmill.181
All told, Kusic’s forces are alleged to have killed over 349 civilians in the
course of their ethnic cleansing operations.182 Kusic also allegedly issued
written orders to his units specifying procedures for the disposition of
plunder seized from civilians.183 The Tuzla Canton prosecutor’s office
listed Kusic as one of the commanders involved in the military offensive on
Srebrenica, in violation of international law and UN Security Council
provisions declaring the area a safe haven.184
Until recently, Rajko Kusic commanded the RS Army garrison in
Rogatica.
He is now retired.
He reportedly maintains close ties with Radovan Karadzic and
Ratko Mladic.185
He is considered more powerful politically than the Mayor of
Rogatica.
The RS Ministry of Defence considers him potentially indictable
for war crimes.
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Slobodni prevod:
Europski izvjestaj ,br. 103: Ratni zlocini i zlocinci u Republici srpskoj
(a) Rajko Kusic
On je prema navodima najpoznatija figura etnickog ciscenja u Rogatici. Svoje iskustvo u etnickom ciscenju stekao je u toku borbe 1991. godine u jednoj srpskoj paravojnon jedinici u Vukovaru u Hrvatskoj.On je u jednom posebnom UN izvjestaju oznacen kao mjesni komadant borickog bataljona, prve brigade, Drina-AGs. Izvjestaj izlistava svjedocanstva o masakrima, koji su izvrseni po naredjenjima Rajka Kusica. Srpske paravojne snage pod vodstvom Rajka Kusica ubili su 49 zarobljenika u toku jedne navodne razmjene. Srpske snage, pod vodstvom jednog identificiranog clana grupe su prislili zatvorenike da se ukrcaju u autobus pod izgovorom zamjene zarobljenika u Han Pijesku , od Visegrada. Kada su se zarobljenici ukrcali u autobus srpski vojnici su ih vezali, tukli i ismijavali. Konacno je autobus dosao do jedne krivine, blatnjave ceste. Srpske snage su naredile da zarobljenici izadju iz autobusa na cestu a onda su ih poubijali i bacili u jednu jamu.
Jedan haski svjedok, koji je do proljeca 1992. godine bio u sluzbi rogaticke policije, posvjedocio je o kljucnoj ulozi Rajka Kusica u naoruzavanju mjesnih Srba, ulozi komandanta i jednog od najuticajnijih clanova Kriznog staba Rogatice.
Kusic, vojni komandant, je oznacen kao glavni Srbin u rogatickom kraju. Drugi masakri su potvrdjivali njegovu silu, posebno napad na rogatcki dio Gracanicu dana 22.05.1992. godine, gdje su pedesetorici Bosnjaka prerezali grla (zaklali ih).
Na osnovu izvora sa mjesta dogadjaja, Kusiceve snage su 3. juna 1992. godine ubili 15 civila na Pasic Kuli i Bjelogorcima a ostale deportirali u logor u Rogatici.
Snage Kusica su u junu zajedno sa grupom pod vodstvom Mladena Vasiljevica,ubili 19 bosnjackih civila a ostatak od najmanje 97 bosnjackih civila sa Pticijaka i iz Gracanice deportirali u logor u Rogatici. Desetog i jedanaestog jula 1992 su Kusiceve snage popalile kuce u Kukavicama, Kujundzicima i Mesicima, opstina Rogatica, poubijali 31 bosnjackog civila a ostatak protjerali u logor u Rogaticu. Kusiceve su snage 2. augusta 1992. godine u selima Kramer Selo, Kozadre i Borovsko poubijali 37 bosnjackih civila na slican nacin kao u prethodnim slucajevima. 15 augusta 1992 godine su Kusiceve snage napale selo Rakitnicu i poubijali 18 Bosnjaka-civila.
Jedan pouzdani internacionalni izvor tvrdi da ima dokaze da je Kusic ,kao komandant bataljona, 100 bosnjackih civila u jednoj pilani masakrirao ( izrezao) cime se ovaj cin ubraja u najgnusnije masakre. Svi pricaju, das su Kusiceve snage tvrdile da su preko 349 bosnjackih civila poubijali u toku etnickog ciscenja na rogatickoj opstini.
Kusic je davao i pismene naredbe svojoj jedinici, specificirajuci postupke napada i paljenja objekata obuhvatajuci tu i zlocinacke postupke prema civilima.
Biro tuzlanskog kantona optuzuje Kusica kao komandanta pod cijim su vodstvom jedinice ucestvovale u ofanzivi na Srebrenicu, koja je od strane UN bila proglasena za zasticenu zonu.
Do skoro je Garnizon RS-armije u Rogatici bio pod Kusicevim vodstvom.
On je sada kao pripadnik RS-armije penzionisan.
On se nalazi u savezu i uskoj vezi sa Radovanom Karadzicem i Ratkom Mladicem.
Njega su drzali kao politicki jaceg od samog predsjednika opstine Rogatica.